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Patent GB-190207152-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Systems of Electrically Controlling Mechanism, Applicable to Ship's Steering Gear Turrets and the like.
Filed: 1902-03-24
Granted: 1903-01-22
Abstract: 7152. British Thomson-Houston Co., [Day, M. W.]. March 24. Steering-gear.-Relates to improvements on the invention described in Specification No. 10,275, A.D. 1901, for controlling, at a distance, a rudder, signal, turret, an electrically-propelled train, or the like. The rudder &c. operating-lever G is connected by links i to nuts I engaging right and left handed screw-threads on a shaft carried by the armature f of an operating-motor F, the field coils of which are connected to the lighting-mains 1, 2. The armature f is in circuit with the armature A<1> of a generator A having its field windings divided into two portions a, a' wound in opposite directions and connected to rheostats B, C. These rheostats have contact segments b, b<1> and c, c<1> cross-connected, as shown, and joined to resistances B<1>, C' connected to the mains 1, 2. The currents through the coils a, a' are controlled by double rheostat arms B<2>, C<2> carrying brushes b', c<2> connected by flexible cables or through collector rings to the coils a, a<1>. The arm B<2> is operated by the steering-wheel D' through gearing, as shown. A screw d<3> may operate a nut d<4> carrying an index to show the position of the rudder. The arm C<2> is operated so as to stop the rudder &c. by a toothed wheel engaged by a rack E connected to the operating-lever G or one of the nuts I. A rheostat with a single arm may be used, the coils being connected direct to the main 2, or the coils a, a<1> may be connected to the opposite ends of the resistances of two single-arm rheostats, one of the arms being connected to the main 1 and the other arm to the main 2.
Patent GB-190208193-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and connected with Organs and like Musical Instruments.
Inventor: LAEMMERHIRT EMIL
Filed: 1902-04-08
Granted: 1903-04-08
Abstract: 8193. Laemmerhirt, E. April 8. Organs, harmoniums, and like instruments.- Relates to octave couplers and to means for setting combinations of stops which can be brought into operation by a knee swell. Octaves can be coupled either up or down, and in order that the coupling-stops shall be complete, an octave of extra reeds is provided at each end of the instrument, which may be coupled to the highest or lowest octaves of keys, as the case may be. 4, 8 show reed boxes of the ordinary stops, and 4<1>, 8<1> reed boxes of the extra ones. The pallets are shown at w, v, the springs of which are arranged diagonally instead of parallel with their length, this arrangement preventing sideways displacement of the pallets, and enabling guide-pins to be dipensed with. The coupling between two ordinary notes is effected by bent levers, shown diagrammatically bv thin bent lines, mounted on tilting-boards c, d, this being the ordinary arrangement. One board c is used for coupling up, and the other d for coupling down. The board c is supported not only by its pivots but also by blocks t, which enable it to rest partly on the board d and prevent it from bending. Coupling to the extra notes is effected by providing them with stickers which are acted on directly by the keys. In the case of small instruments, the valves which supply wind to the extra notes are opened by the movement of the boards c, d, as shown, but in larger instruments a separate draw-stop action is provided. The upper part of the Figure shows a device for setting combinations of stops. The levers m which actuate the stops are provided with catches x, which are acted on by springs tending to engage them with a hinged rail p. Normally the catches are kept out of engagement with the rail by the draw-stop rods g. If, however, the rods are partly drawn out, the catches engage with the rail p, which can be operated, when desired, by a knee swell. The catches x may be of different lengths, so that some stops are brought into action by a slight movement of the knee swell and others by further movements. The preliminary movement of the draw-stop knobs can be effected by metal plates n situated as shown and acting as levers.
Patent GB-190209619-A (GB)
Title: The Manufacture of Green, or Greenish, Colouring Matters Containing Sulphur
Inventor: JOHNSON GEORGE WILLIAM
Filed: 1902-04-25
Granted: 1903-02-19
Abstract: 9619. Johnson, G. W., [Kalle & Co.]. April 25. Dyes, artificial.-Dyes which contain sulphur and dye unmordanted cotton green or greenish shades, are produced by melting p-oxyphenylthiourea or p-oxythiocarbanilide with sulphur and sodium sulphide. An example is given in which the thio compound is added to a molten mixture of sodium sulphide and sulphur at 110‹-140‹ C., and the temperature is then raised to, and maintained at, 180‹ C. until the mass has become dry.
Patent GB-190209867-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Head and other Exposed Lamps.
Inventor: WELCH WILLIAM HENRY ISAAC
Filed: 1902-04-29
Granted: 1903-03-26
Abstract: 9867. Welch, W. H. I. April 29. Oil lamps ; signal lamps.-In a head, side, or tail lamp for railway trains, omnibuses, or other road vehicles, air is admitted to a space d at the bottom of the lantern casing a through holes e, and circulates under and round the oil reservoir c to keep it cool. The air passes into the lantern through holes f<1> and a part serves to keep the lens g cool while a part passes through holes h to support combustion. A further quantity of air enters through a chamber k having a shielded annular inlet and a ring of outlet apertures l. The products of combustion and hot air escape by a chimney i. Fig. 1 shows a head, tail, or side lamp for a train, while Fig. 2 shows a head lamp for an omnibus or other road vehicle, the glass front n of which as well as the lens g is cooled by the air. In a tail lamp for an omnibus, the lens g may be replaced by coloured glass.
Patent GB-190210789-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Fittings for Gas Lights and in Boxes for Carrying the same.
Inventor: HELPS GEORGE
Filed: 1902-05-10
Granted: 1903-04-23
Abstract: 10,789. Helps, G. May 10. Gas lamps; globe holders.-Relates to antivibration gas lamps or burners, and to boxes for carrying or storing them. Fig. 1 shows a burner e, f carried by three or other number of flexible metallic tubes d suspended from tubular arms a extending from a base b connected to the gas supply c. The base b may be formed with a socket to receive a plug c<1> on the gas cock, so as to be readily removable. The base b is formed with a projection b<1> to fit a groove g<1> in a box g, Fig. 3, for enclosing the burner. The box is in two parts hinged together and lined with cork &c., and is provided with a hook or handle g<2> for suspending or carrying it. Fig. 4 shows a burner suspended by-flexible tubes d from a gas-supply tube c, and also a support for a globe consisting of jaws j hinged together at k and closed by a spring l. In another modification, the flexible tubes d are in horizontal position.
Patent GB-190211841-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Apparatus for Measuring the Potentaial or Strength of Electric Currents
Inventor: GENERAL ELECTRIC CO
Filed: 1902-05-24
Granted: 1903-04-02
Abstract: 11,841. Lake, H. H., [General Electric Co.]. May 24. Current meters. - A hot-wire ampere-meter or volt-meter is arranged as shown, in one form. Four wires 7, 8 are extended in pairs between four levers 4, 5, by means of springs 6. Two of the wires 7 are affected only by atmospheric tempera- ture, and effect a compensation for its variations by moving the levers 4, 5. The other two wires 8 carry the current to be measured, through ter- minals 10, 11 and a connection 9 ; their middle points are connected together by a thread 12, the middle of which is attached to another thread 13. The latter thread is wound on a rotatable shaft 14, carrying a pointer 19 over a stationary scale, and acted on by a spiral spring 18, which tends to sag the first thread 12 and the conducting-wires 8. When these wires are heated by passage of current, they sag and allow deflection of the pointer by the spring 18. In modifications, one pair of wires 7, 8 and levers may be replaced by a stationary attach- ment for one end of the thread 12, and the levers and springs 6 may be replaced by any other means for extending the wires.
Patent GB-190216200-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Phonographs
Inventor: BRANDES JULIUS
Filed: 1902-07-21
Granted: 1902-09-04
Abstract: 16,200. Brandes, J. July 21. Phonographs.-Consists in driving the cylinder shaft C direct from one of the motor axles, or by means of a cord from a pulley S on the regulator shaft.
Patent GB-190220137-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Cart Saddles or Pads.
Inventor: RICHARDS JOSEPH WILLIAM
Filed: 1902-09-15
Granted: 1902-12-04
Abstract: 20,137. Richards, J. W. Sept. 15. Saddles.-A numnah f is removably attached beneath a cart saddle or pad by means of straps g sewn down at h and connected to a loop at i. These straps pass over the side bars b, to the upper sides of which the girth straps a are fixed. The centre of the numnah is cut away and covered with a sheet of leather l. Ventilating. holes m are made in the leather and in other parts of the numnah. The front and crupper straps are secured to loops d on the tree.
Patent GB-190308757-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Gas-engines
Inventor: STRAENG HENRIK CONSTANTINE
Filed: 1903-04-17
Granted: 1904-01-28
Abstract: 8757. Strõng, H. C. April 17. Drawings to Specification. Exhaust-silencers.-The exhaust from a doubleacting gas engine is silenced by passing through the pedestal that supports the cylinders. Piston-rods.-The cover carrying the stuffing-box has a water chamber in communication with the jacket to cool the piston-rod.
Patent GB-190310029-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Curtain Pole Rings.
Inventor: HAWORTH JAMES
Filed: 1903-05-04
Granted: 1903-07-09
Abstract: 10,029. Haworth, J. May 4. Curtains, drawing and suspending. - Rings for suspending curtains from poles are made of elastic, wood, metal, or cane. The ends of the ring are held by a metal sheath 2, Fig. 4. A small ring 6, Figs. 3 and 4, is stamped from sheet metal, and is provided with a fork 5, the ends 4, Fig. 3, of which are bent over to engage with holes 3 in the sheath.
Patent GB-190311348-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in the Wheels of Vehicles.
Inventor: MULLINER AUGUSTUS GREVILLE
Filed: 1903-05-19
Granted: 1904-03-24
Abstract: 11,348. Mulliner, A. G. May 19. Hubs; spokes.-The spokes of wheels, for motor cars, gun carriages, and other vehicles, are arranged to form a doubledished wheel, as shown in Fig. 2. The inner ends of the spokes are wedge-shaped, and are secured between a flanged hub 1, a boss 7, and a screwed flange 9, which are held together by bolts 10.
Patent GB-190312775-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Comb
Inventor: SCRANTON BENJAMIN HAND
Filed: 1903-06-06
Granted: 1903-09-24
Abstract: 12,775. Lake, H. H., [Scranton, B. H.]. June 6. Combs, hair; hair, special drying-appliances for.- A comb, adapted also to dry the hair, is formed with an aluminium or other metallic sheath or chamber 0, either plain or corrugated longitudinally, which receives a heated copper or other rod or bar E and is preferably formed in one with the teeth. A handle F on the rod engages the sheath by means of a catch I, and may be fitted with a non- conducting disc H. According to the Provisional Specification, the rod may be arranged to turn in the sheath.
Patent GB-190314075-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Adjustable Stove Pipes.
Inventor: KEUSEN FRANZ
Filed: 1903-06-24
Granted: 1903-08-20
Abstract: 14,075. Keusen, F. June 24. Stove pipes.-Relates to a stove pipe consisting of two parts telescoping one into the other. The outwardly-bent flange c of the inner part a has a semicircular notch to enable it to slide over the rivets e. The inwardly-bent flange of the outer part b has a similar notch.
Patent GB-190319356-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Vaccine and Process of Purifying the same.
Filed: 1903-09-08
Granted: 1903-10-22
Abstract: 19,356. Lake, H. H., [Parke, Davis, & Co.]. Sept. 8. Vaccine, preparing.-Vaccine material obtained in the usual way is triturated, and a small quantity of trichlor-tertiary-butyl alcohol added to destroy germs or bacteria. The vaccine is allowed to stand and is then ready for use.
Patent GB-190322370-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Processes for Making Soluble Starch.
Inventor: THOMPSON WILLIAM PHILLIPS
Filed: 1903-10-16
Granted: 1903-11-19
Abstract: 22,370. Thompson, W. P., [Bredt & Co., 0.]. Oct. 16. Finishes for fabrics and the like; gum substitutes; starch.-Consists in making soluble starch, an aqueous solution of which may be used as an adhesive, as a substitute for dextrin, gelatine, glue, gum, and the like, and as a finish for fabrics, by acting upon potato starch, wheat or maize starch, or the like, or starch containing materials, with more sodium, potassium, or calcium permanganate than is necessary to oxidize the impurities accompanying the starch. The reaction is conducted at a temperature ranging up to 50‹ C., the permanganate being used in acid, alkaline, or neutral solution. In the two latter cases, the precipitated manganese superoxide is dissolved by adding acid along with a reducing agent such as bisulphite, oxalic acid, formaldehyde, and the like. If sulphuric acid is added to begin with, this precipitation is avoided. The starch is then freed from acid and manganese salts by washing with water, and dried at a low temperature.
Patent GB-190323490-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Electric Storage Battery Plates.
Inventor: IMRAY OLIVER
Filed: 1903-10-29
Granted: 1903-12-17
Abstract: 23,490. Imray, O., [Potter, C.]. Oct. 29. Secondary batteries.-In the manufacture of a storage battery plate having pockets for the reception of pellets of active material, a dummy plate with moulds or openings corresponding in position with the pockets of the plate is filled up with the pellet material and then placed against the plate, to the pockets of which the formed pellets can then be readily transferred. The pockets 3 of the plate shown in Figs. 1 and 2 are formed by registering recesses on the two parts 5, 6 of the plate, and have perforated outer walls. The pellets 8 may completely, or only partially, fill the pockets.
Patent GB-190401686-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Percussion Base Fuses for Projectiles.
Filed: 1904-01-22
Granted: 1904-10-27
Abstract: 1686. King's Norton Metal Co., Bayliss, T. A., and Hill, C. W. Jan. 22. Fuzes for projectiles. -A delayed action is obtained with a base percussion f u z e by placing slow-burning composition between the primer and detonator in an axial passage d' of the cap d. A sufficient length of composition is ob. tained by employing a needle pellet b, which does not require a pressure plate and spindle, so that the tubular part of the fuze body a may be made long enough to receive the cap extension d<1>, in which the recess d<2> for the primer is formed.
Patent GB-190402499-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Spinning Machines.
Inventor: PEASE DURELL ORVILLE
Filed: 1904-02-01
Granted: 1905-01-26
Abstract: 2499. Pease, D. O. Feb. 1. Building-motions. -Relates to me- chanism by which the rise and fall of the spindle rail is combined with a uniform lowering motion and is gra- dually increased until the base of the cop is com- pleted, the increase always being less than the lowering motion. The spindle rail 1, Fig. 2, carrying the bobbins 2 is mounted on the upright pillars 3, and is raised and lowered by the chains 9 attached to cross-bars 101, and to the band 48 or, in the case of the end chain, to the end pulley 7. The pulleys 7 operated by a chain 8 over the pulley 7<1>, are weighted so as to counterbalance the increasing weight of the cops and chains, and are mounted on cross-shafts connected to similar arrangements on the other side of the machine. The chain 8 passes over a cam 11, the shaft 111 of which is connected to the chain-wheel 14 mounted on the pivoted lever 15, Fig. 3. To effect a vibration of this lever 15, the antifriction roller 42 engages the cam 41, the shaft 411 of which is actuated from the main shaft 420, Fig. 6, through gearing 412, 413, 414, 37, 38, 39, 40, 415,416,417. The vibration of the lever 15 imparts a rising and falling motion to the spindle-rail 1, and to com- bine a steady lowering motion, the chain-wheel 14 is constantly rotated through the worm gearing 16, 17 from the shaft 18 mounted on the lever 15. The pawl 20, actuating the wheel 19, is con- trolled by an adjustable stop 212 on the rod 21 which 'engages an arm 22 on the frame 6. The mechanism is returned to its starting position by the hand wheel 271 through the gearing 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, a stop 47 abutting against a pawl 46 when the initial position is reached. At every up and down motion of the lever 15 a different portion of the periphery of the cam 11 comes into operation, and gives a corresponding different travel to the chains 9 and band 48. rhe cams 11, 41 are shaped so that the rise and fall motion of the spindle increases at a less rate than the constant lowering motion until the base of the cop is completed, when it becomes normal. Means are provided for driving the tin cylinder 33 at various speeds, and to compensate for the rise and fall of the rail 1 ; the spindle-driving band 36 passes round jockey-pulleys 34, which are balanced by weights over the shaft 35.
Patent GB-190403201-A (GB)
Title: Variable Speed Gear
Inventor: BATE CHARLES MCGUIRE
Filed: 1904-02-09
Granted: 1905-02-09
Abstract: 3201. Bate, C. M. Feb. 9. Ratchet gearing ; toothed gearing.-In a variablespeed gear in which the rotary motion of the driving - shaft is converted into reciprocatory motion for operating ratchets which in turn drive toothed wheels gearing with a pinion on the driven shaft, the driving and driven shafts are co-axial. Fig. 1 shows an elevation in which the driving-shaft a carries a volute cam a'. The cam a', in its rotation, bears against levers b, b<1> pivoted to a holder c so as to be adjustable. Carrier-plates e, e<1> are co-axially mounted with the wheels g, g<1> and engage therewith by means of ball ratchet or other similar one-way clutches. The plates e, e' bear against the levers b, b<1> and are moved forward thereby until the levers b, b<1> are freed from the rotating cam a' when both levers and plates are moved back by returning springs f. The amount of motion, and hence the speed, is determined by the position of contact of the levers b, b<1> with the carriers e, e<1>. The wheels g, g<1> gear with the pinion h on the driven shaft k. Instead of the single volute cam, a number of camsurfaces may be employed. The cam-surfaces may also be on the face instead of the periphery as shown, and are so shaped as to produce a regular angular motion of the carrier-plates e, e<1> whatever the point of contact between the levers and the carrier-plates. The return motion is very rapid, the re-entrant part of the cam being radial or only sufficiently oblique to prevent shock.
Patent GB-190404930-A (GB)
Title: An Improvement in the Mode of Fastening the Bridling of Painters Brushes.
Inventor: CHALONER CHARLES
IPC: A46B9/08
Filed: 1904-02-29
Granted: 1904-06-16
Abstract: 4930. Chaloner, C. Feb. 29. Paint brushes; bristles.-A paint brush, sash tool, &c. A is provided with, in addition to a bridling of string or wire B, a bridling-string E, which passes through a hole or holes U formed in the handle of the brush, and is secured by tying its ends together. When the bristles are worn, a few turns of the bridling-string E can be unwound.
Patent GB-190408330-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Weft-feeler Mechanism for Automatic Shuttle-changing Looms.
Inventor: HANSEN CHRISTIAN MARIUS
Filed: 1904-04-11
Granted: 1905-01-05
Abstract: 8330. Hansen, C. M., M³ller, C. V., and Carlsson, J. C. E. April 11. Loom shuttle-changing mechanism.-In electromagnetic weft-feeler mechanism for actuating shuttle-changing mechanism on substantial exbaustion of the weft in the shuttle, a feelerplate 17 is guided in movable flanges 25 mounted on the lug, and is acted upon by springs 20 which tend to draw the plate through a slot 18 in the front r of the shuttle-box and through a similar slot in the side of the shuttle. A pin on an angle-lever pivoted on the Jay normally catches a pin 16 on the plate 17, and holds the plate outside the shuttle box. At every second beat-up, the angle-lever is acted upon by a rod, lever, and cam, and the plate 17 is allowed to enter the shuttle box so that its edge presses against the weft in the shuttle. When the weft is nearly exhausted, two pins 23 on the feelers plate 17 touch insulated contact-plates S and complete an electric circuit, which actuates shuttle-changing mechanism as described in Specification No. 1152, A.D. 1903. The plates S are secured by screws to the front r of the shuttle box, and may be adjusted to suit different spools in the shuttle.
Patent GB-190413867-A (GB)
Title: A New or Improved Process and Apparatus for the Bleaching of Fabrics and Yarn.
Inventor: ROVIRA MANUEL MUNTADAS Y
Filed: 1904-06-18
Granted: 1905-04-06
Abstract: 13,867. Muntadas y Rovira, M. June 18, A.D. 1903, [date applied for under Patents Act, A.D. 1901]. Bleaching; washing.-In bleaching fabrics or skeins of yarn, the material is subjected successively to the action of lye of increasing concentration, of water of increasing purity, and of steam which first increases and then decreases in pressure. In the arrangement shown in Fig. 1, the, material z is passed by means of rollers m through a series of chambers p, p<1>, p<11>, q, r, r', r<11>, the steam pressure in which increases successively from each end of the apparatus to the steaming- chamber q. Between each chamber the material is passed through a liquid seal formed by plates extending from the floor and roof as shown. The difference in steam pressure between the chambers is determined by the heights of the liquid columns. The first four seals contain lye, which enters at d<11> and is conducted by pipes through the seals to the first seal. The last four seals contain water which is fed into the last seal and escapes at e'. In each chamber up to the chamber q the fabric is folded by suitable devices o, and is delivered into receptacles o<1>. It passes between pressing-rollers, arranged in each chamber as shown. A reservoir for pure water is arranged as shown.
Patent GB-190416870-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Elastic Tyres for Motor Cars and other Road Vehicles.
Inventor: RICHARDSON JOHN
Filed: 1904-08-02
Granted: 1904-11-17
Abstract: 16,870. Richardson, J. Aug. 2. Tyres, elastic other than pneumatic; felloes or rims.-Tyres for the wheels of motor cars and other vehicles are constructed of annular rings of india-rubber tapering towards their outer periphery, and secured by bolts and nuts to a projecting rib fastened to the rim. Fig. 1 shows a tyre composed of four of these rings A, A<1>, A<2>, A<3> secured to a feather on the rim B. Between adjacent rings and on the outside are placed metallic rings, and the whole tyre is kept together by bolts and nuts D passing transversely through the rings. In the modification shown in Fig. 5, the tops of the feather and separating-rings are beaded at E, E<1> to aid in preventing the tyre from coming apart. The india-rubber rings may also be corrugated as shown in plan in Fig. 4.
Patent GB-190417241-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Apparatus suitable for the Manufacture of Ingots.
Inventor: GLEDHILL JOHN MANASSAH
Filed: 1904-08-06
Granted: 1905-06-08
Abstract: 17,241. Gledhill, J. M. Aug. 6. Ingots.-The presser-plugdwhich fits into the top of the ingot mould a when the latter is raised by the hydraulic ram is made with a cavity, preferably conical, of considerably less diameter than the mould, and of such a length that it will contain all the unsound part e of the ingot, thus reducing the amount of material which has to be cut off.
Patent GB-190417544-A (GB)
Inventor: PRESTWICH FREDERIC
Filed: 1904-08-12
Granted: 1905-08-12
Abstract: 17,544. Prestwich, F. Aug. 12. Cuffs; shirts; dresses etc.; cuff suspenders. - Detachable cuffs are secured to shirt or blouse sleeves by gripping them between spring clasps which are passed through an opening d in the sleeve, as shown in Fig. 3.